JimH wrote:
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William Bruce wrote:
Hey Krause, my offer stands: Prove to the "reasonable man" standard that
(1) you have a degree from Yale, (2) your wife is a medical doctor, and
(3)
that you own a lobster boat and I'll overnight a $10,000.00 check to the
charity of your choice in your name.

How 'bout it?

William


(The first step in creating a contract is identifying the parties
involved. Since nobody knows who you are, you might as well promise
$10,000,000.00. It would be equally meaningless. Making conditional
promises about things you will do "if" is ridiculous when
you cannot be held accountable)

An observation from a guy who has no interest in "defending Harry,"
(Harry can take care of himself, and does, very adequately.):

Aren't at least a few of the folks in the current pig piles on Harry
and Basskisser supposed to be getting spiritually prepared for what a
recently touted book declares the "most sacred Christian holiday" of
the year?

Will these personal attack threads continue until midnight of the 24th?


Kevin gets what he deserves Chuck. His posts contain vulgar language and
one or more of the following: idiot, nitwit, dolt, ignorant, dumb...and so
on.

Here is a list over the past days:


There is no defense for some of the behaviors and statements you
outline.
That's not the point.

My question has to do with the consistency of people who so prioritize
their Christian values that they take offense when one person wishes
another "Happy Holidays," but then engage in making sure that bad or
hateful behavior is responded to with equally bad or worse hateful
behavior to assure that the original offender gets what he or she
"deserves."
Is that what the founder of the Christian faith would have done? If
not, is it inconsistent for a professed Christian to engage in such
activity during the "most sacred Christian holiday" season of the year?

Heck, nobody's perfect. But if it's offensive to some folks to see any
non-Christian symbols or celebrations during the month of December,
wouldn't many of those same people make more of an effort to model
Christian behavior? Hey, maybe they are actually doing so- I don't
know. Would never claim to be an expert. :-)